Parts of Courthouse Creek spared logging

5:01 PM,
Dec. 16, 2013

Devils Courthouse overlook, elevation 5462 feet, on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 422. The Courthouse Creek area south of Devils Courthouse is included in a proposed logging area, and would be visible from this overlook.

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Environmentalists reached a compromise with the government on Monday that will spare some of the most sensitive areas of Courthouse Creek from logging.

The agreement with the U.S. Forest Service means 54 acres of mostly high elevation trees in the Pisgah Ridge National Heritage Area are off the table.

The entire project, which the forest service has said is necessary for habitat improvement and forest health, will now included 368 acres in a bowl-shaped zone in the Pisgah National Forest visible from the Blue Ridge Parkway and Devil's Courthouse. ...